| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A state of discomposure: agitation, dither, fluster, perturbation, tumult, turmoil, upset. Informal : lather, stew. See CALM. | | VERB: | 1. To move (one's arms or wings, for example) up and down: beat, flap, flitter, flop, waggle, wave. See REPETITION. 2. To move or cause to move about while being fixed at one edge: flap, fly, wave. See REPETITION. 3. To move quickly, lightly, and irregularly like a bird in flight: flicker, flit, flitter, hover. See REPETITION. 4. To move through the air with or as if with wings: flap, flit, flitter, fly, sail, wing. See MOVE.
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